This screencast demonstrates how to create Spock testing specifications. It covers creating basic when/then blocks, given/when/then blocks, expect/where blocks, and data tables. It explains how to create Spock file templates and Spock Live Templates for IDEA.
Here are some useful links to read for this webcast:
- Spock Framework - http://code.google.com/p/spock/
- IDEA File Templates - http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/webhelp/file-templates.html
- IDEA Live Templates - http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/webhelp/live-templates.html
To work with Spock, I use one file template and three live templates.
My file template creates a Spock Specification with the correct java package and javadoc:
My first Live Template is the when-then template:
The second template is the given/when/then template:
The last template is the expect/where template:
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